Claire & present danger

Ashlee Simpson takes flak again, this time from Marie Claire magazine

Why the uproar? In the magazine's July issue Simpson encouraged young women to embrace their natural bodies and then she underwent an extreme makeover herself, mtv.com reports--a makeover that some say is the result of plastic surgery.

"She was quoting chapter and verse about how crucial it is to love yourself as you are, etc.," Marie Claire editor Joanna Coles writes. A reader from Toronto puts it more bluntly, according to mtv.com: "You couldn't have picked a worse role model."

Simpson has skirted plastic surgery questions in the past. "Everybody's already saying it," she has said of rumors that she went under the knife, "so I just don't talk about it."

Once again, Simpson could use some "L.O.V.E." from her supporters. Here's a quick look at the controversies the singer has been involved in.

Body shots

In its July issue, Marie Claire profiled Simpson as she helps a group of teens make a mural that promotes healthy body images for girls and includes messages like "Confidence is sexy," according to mtv.com. "I want girls to look in the mirror and feel confident," she said.

By the time the issue is published, however, Simpson appears to have gone public with a new look. Readers and new Marie Claire editor Joanna Coles react negatively. "What can we say?" Coles wrote. "Her nose, her choice."

Show's over

Simpson canceled a show scheduled for the Toledo (Ohio) Zoo on July 25, citing an undisclosed illness, the Toledo Blade reports. A group of fans gathered outside her hotel room to voice their displeasure.

Not lovin' it

In October 2005, Simpson caused a scene at a McDonald's in Toronto, climbing onto the counter, calling a cashier a dirty name and refusing to sign an autograph for a fan, the New York Daily News reports. The incident was caught on camera (and, as of Sunday, on YouTube).

Lip service

Simpson may never live down her "Saturday Night Live" performance in October 2004. During her live set, her voice came over the speakers even though she is holding her microphone down at her side. The gaffe touches off a lip-synching controversy.

Simpson initially blames her band for playing the wrong song. Her father later says that acid reflux disease had weakened her voice and made tracking vocals necessary.

Simpson returns to "SNL" a year later and redeems herself with a live performance that goes off without a hitch.